Apple’s Strong Fundamentals Trump Questionable Technicals: Pros

“35 million iPhones, I didn’t expect that. The Street didn’t expect that,” says a stunned Joe Terranova after sifting through the latest earnings from Apple .

In extended trade Apple stock surged 7% up to $600 after Apple easily beat Wall Street estimates, driven by strong demand for its iPhones and iPads.

And that $600 level changes the trade – says Terranova.

Apple Surges After Earnings Beat

Dissecting the day's major business news, including Apple's upbeat earnings surprise, with the Fast Money traders and Brian White, analyst at Topeka Capital Markets.

“Coming into earnings the chart was broken,” he says. There was talk that Apple was in trouble, it traded below its 50-day moving average of about $572 - a sign of technical weakness.

“But now, above $600 the negativity is starting to heal.”

In other words the technicals had suggested a bigger sell-off was coming but in the wake of results Terranova now believes fundamentals – such as those 35 million iPhones -- will trump technicals and the stock will resume its march higher.

Trader Karen Finerman agrees entirely. Although Finerman doesn’t trade technicals, she believes earnings and sales confirm her thesis that the stock has every reason to run. “Looking at the fundamentals, the stock is still cheap."

Looking at the results a little more closely, Apple said its fiscal second-quarter revenue rose 59 percent to $39.2 billion, better than the average analyst estimate of $36.8 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

Net income rose to $11.6 billion, or $12.30 a share, from $6 billion, or $6.40 per share, a year earlier. That also outpaced Wall Street's target of $10.04 a share.

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Trader disclosure: On April 24, 2012 , the following stocks and commodities mentioned or intended to be mentioned on CNBC’s "Fast Money" were owned by the "Fast Money" traders; Brian Kelly is long QQQ CALLS AND PUTS; Karen Finerman is long AAPL; Karen Finerman is short AAPL CALLS; Karen Finerman is long BAC; Karen Finerman is long WMT; Karen Finerman is long TGT; Karen Finerman is long RIMM; Karen Finerman is long HPQ; Karen Finerman is short SPY; Karen Finerman is short MDY; Karen Finerman is short IWM; Joe Terranova is long VRTS; Joe Terranova is long MCD; Joe Terranova is long NXPI; Joe Terranova is long JPM; Joe Terranova is long JOY; Joe Terranova is long HPQ; Joe Terranova is long LQD; Mike Murphy is long AAPL; Mike Murphy is long JPM; Mike Murphy is long INTC; Mike Murphy is long ANF; Mike Murphy is long SBUX; Mike Murphy is long FCX; Mike Murphy is long PHM; Mike Murphy is long MCD; Mike Murphy is long BRCM; Mike Murphy is long CAT

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